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There cannot be many people who would not know if asked what ‘Morse Code’ was; the use of it in the iconic ‘SOS’ distress signal is something that is universally recognised. But have you ever wondered how the Code came into being – and perhaps spared a thought for the ‘man who never was’ in […]

All mariners have one thing in common – they owe a debt for their safety to an organisation based in London but which reaches out around the UK and Northern Europe, and whose example gives guidance to maritime authorities around the globe. Trinity House as most people know it today was founded in 1514 by […]

It probably depends on the size of your vessel and whether you are in busy coastal waters or are out in the solitude of the blue, but keeping watch at sea might be described as 98% utter tedium interrupted by moments of sheer terror! In this article we take a look at the ‘scourge of […]

SETTING COURSE FOR SOMEWHERE FURTHER THAN CAWSAND It is hard to know just how many small boats there are in the Plymouth area, sitting on trots and in marinas. It must certainly be likely that there are several hundred yachts people who have, or have been tempted to, set out across the English Channel and […]

When you stroll along the magnificent Plymouth Waterfront from Sutton Harbour, around Madeira Road and The Hoe, toward Millbay and Royal William Yard – spare a thought for how things were in the days when safe navigation was in it’s infancy, and Plymouth was small but vital and well-defended natural harbour. Imagine a world where […]